Platforms and publishers need to do a much better job for online games.
Online play is a cesspool of aggressive players who want to humiliate and dominate their opponent. It is not about winning.
Gave up on Madden years ago. Opponents run the same glitching money plays, never punt, and go for two poInt plays to run up the score.
The movement to make Madden an e-Sport is a shift away from casual gamers towards to aggressive players.
I would encourage gamers to not buy a product that tolerates aggressive poor behavior by players.
Many online Madden players engage in negative aggressive play and taunting of opponents. It is not about winning. Itâ(TM)s about dominating and humiliating your opponent.
Watch YouTube videos where this event is promoted. You will see players overcome with emotion screaming at the top of their lungs.
What would drive someone to shoot up a place after losing a video game?
I am sad this happened but not surprised.
The vast majority of past games are not available on Atari flashback, NES classic, etc.
What happens if there is a game they want to put on a system and the company who developed it are out of business?
There are plenty of non software products where designers must incorporate elements of design that to protect users. For example: durable goods, small appliances, bridges, stairs. Vehicles, etc. Software should be no different.
I personally would like to see a capability to allow me to block all politically oriented content (ads and posts from friends). There was a lot of conflict between individuals on Facebook during and after the 2016 election. I also say this spilling over and impacting friendships outside of the Facebook platform. Facebook needs to deliver more options to allow users to filter out certain types of content.
The article discusses that the government agency in question obtains legal approval and that is provided to the company to obtain information.
It would appear legal requirements are met.
There are reports that the company in question told Facebook they had destroyed data and in fact they didnâ(TM)t. Why is there so much back lash against Facebook and not against the company who kept the user data?
How exactly does Netflix make money on this movie? They are not getting additional revenue from existing subscribers. Are people joining Netflix because of this movie?
Do not underestimate the ability of businessmen to make creative instruments to fleece bitcoin holders of their money. Remember the fraudulent credit default swap and other esoteric financial instruments.
Homeschooled kids lose out on that big time, and no, your church, sports, and social field trips you organize with other homeschooled kids is not a substitute.
So let me get this straight. Starting in public Middle/Jr High school preteens begin to be stratified into caste systems and are socialized by peers that they âoecannotâ accept those one year or two years under them.
Middle and high school students spend the majority of their time in a fixed location away from the âoepublic.â
Meanwhile kids being homeschooled and participating in coops are socializing with a wide variety of pre teens and teens regardless of their year in school. The homeschoolers are also out and about in the âoepublicâ and can actually have a conversation with a adults.
The EA FIFA and Madden franchises include an Ultimate Team mode which allows players to purchase packs to build a team. The packs contain players, fitness cards, contracts, etc.
There are tiers of cards (bronze, silver, gold, elite, and legendary).
Packs are purchased using real money or in game coins that are earned by playing games and auctioning players.
Interested in/. thoughts on the Ultimate team mode.
Is this gambling? Is so - why?
I always wondered why the government moved managers around every two years. The reason is to avoid the possibility of ever holding someone accountable for fraud, waste, and abuse on mismanaged IT projects.
As long as there is a culture of âoeIt was the previous management who let the contract go to hell there will never be any changes.â
Linux is a great operating system but lacks a usable office application suite. I have used various versions of the open source equivalent and found them lacking. Functions that are buggy and broken in the open source version.
I am glad to hear there is a multi billion dollar lawsuit. The impact of this breach will be significant and far reaching. The only way that companies are going to invest to do things right is if the cost for screwing up will put them out of business.
It is the companies business what you are doing on their network.
Companies have a lot to lose when intellectual property is copied off the network.
It is standard practice for companies to monitor activity of users.
Don't like the policy find somewhere else to work.
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Platforms and publishers need to do a much better job for online games. Online play is a cesspool of aggressive players who want to humiliate and dominate their opponent. It is not about winning. Gave up on Madden years ago. Opponents run the same glitching money plays, never punt, and go for two poInt plays to run up the score. The movement to make Madden an e-Sport is a shift away from casual gamers towards to aggressive players. I would encourage gamers to not buy a product that tolerates aggressive poor behavior by players.
Many online Madden players engage in negative aggressive play and taunting of opponents. It is not about winning. Itâ(TM)s about dominating and humiliating your opponent. Watch YouTube videos where this event is promoted. You will see players overcome with emotion screaming at the top of their lungs. What would drive someone to shoot up a place after losing a video game? I am sad this happened but not surprised.
The vast majority of past games are not available on Atari flashback, NES classic, etc. What happens if there is a game they want to put on a system and the company who developed it are out of business?
The author mixes up issues of security and privacy in the article.
How many vehicles can other auto manufacturers produce in one week? I would have through their volume is more than 13,009 (7,000 + 5,000)
There are plenty of non software products where designers must incorporate elements of design that to protect users. For example: durable goods, small appliances, bridges, stairs. Vehicles, etc. Software should be no different.
I personally would like to see a capability to allow me to block all politically oriented content (ads and posts from friends). There was a lot of conflict between individuals on Facebook during and after the 2016 election. I also say this spilling over and impacting friendships outside of the Facebook platform. Facebook needs to deliver more options to allow users to filter out certain types of content.
That decision is surprising. Is there more to this story that is not presented in this Slashdot article?
The article discusses that the government agency in question obtains legal approval and that is provided to the company to obtain information. It would appear legal requirements are met.
There are reports that the company in question told Facebook they had destroyed data and in fact they didnâ(TM)t. Why is there so much back lash against Facebook and not against the company who kept the user data?
How exactly does Netflix make money on this movie? They are not getting additional revenue from existing subscribers. Are people joining Netflix because of this movie?
The study started with pop music in the 1970s. I thought music from the 70s was just the worst - overall. What do others think?
Somebody beat you to that store. They have already been bought with campaign contributions.
Do not underestimate the ability of businessmen to make creative instruments to fleece bitcoin holders of their money. Remember the fraudulent credit default swap and other esoteric financial instruments.
Homeschooled kids lose out on that big time, and no, your church, sports, and social field trips you organize with other homeschooled kids is not a substitute.
So let me get this straight. Starting in public Middle/Jr High school preteens begin to be stratified into caste systems and are socialized by peers that they âoecannotâ accept those one year or two years under them. Middle and high school students spend the majority of their time in a fixed location away from the âoepublic.â Meanwhile kids being homeschooled and participating in coops are socializing with a wide variety of pre teens and teens regardless of their year in school. The homeschoolers are also out and about in the âoepublicâ and can actually have a conversation with a adults.
Did the company advertise that players would get the same amount of XP?
The EA FIFA and Madden franchises include an Ultimate Team mode which allows players to purchase packs to build a team. The packs contain players, fitness cards, contracts, etc. There are tiers of cards (bronze, silver, gold, elite, and legendary). Packs are purchased using real money or in game coins that are earned by playing games and auctioning players. Interested in /. thoughts on the Ultimate team mode.
Is this gambling? Is so - why?
The following is the fact that everyone should realize. âoeThe IT Department - delivering you yesterdayâ(TM)s technology tomorrowâ
I always wondered why the government moved managers around every two years. The reason is to avoid the possibility of ever holding someone accountable for fraud, waste, and abuse on mismanaged IT projects. As long as there is a culture of âoeIt was the previous management who let the contract go to hell there will never be any changes.â
Linux is a great operating system but lacks a usable office application suite. I have used various versions of the open source equivalent and found them lacking. Functions that are buggy and broken in the open source version.
I believe the handset provides information to the tower about power level it is seeing.
I am glad to hear there is a multi billion dollar lawsuit. The impact of this breach will be significant and far reaching. The only way that companies are going to invest to do things right is if the cost for screwing up will put them out of business.
It is the companies business what you are doing on their network. Companies have a lot to lose when intellectual property is copied off the network. It is standard practice for companies to monitor activity of users. Don't like the policy find somewhere else to work.
If that is indeed true they violated the computer fraud act and opened them selves up to legal actions.
It is about time the hypocrisy of corporate America was exposed.